Memories To Come

That Girl with Cerulean Hair

She sighed heavily. It was a habit whenever she was bored. Not that she was really bored… Ok she was. She blames herself for arriving too early. A girl with short, cerulean hair sat against the wall with a sword between her arms and legs and a backpack next to her. People walked past her as if she wasn't even there.

This was kind of along the truth.

She stood up and made her way to the far end of the tunnel, away from everyone else. Not that anyone noticed; which was a good thing. Her gift was both a curse and a blessing, and at times like this it was a blessing.

Since she still has time she just observes the participators. Then she raises an eyebrow. Flowers… She thought. Soon after a scream erupted throughout the tunnel making everyone turn heads.

"You're supposed to apologize if you bump into someone." She glances at the talking man. He looked like surprisingly, very much like a jester. She tilts her head slightly.

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An obnoxious sound made her turn her head to the wall beside her. Then the sound stopped, soon after that the wall, noisily, was lifted revealing a tall, lanky man.

"I apologize for the wait." He said, though oddly he had no mouth. Or maybe he does… "The entry period for Hunter's application has ended. The Hunter Exam will now begin!" The participators around her ready themselves, "A final warning, if you are short on luck or ability, you could very well end up seriously injured or even dead. If you accept those risks please follow me. Otherwise, please exit from the elevator behind you." He motion to the elevator, no one moved, "Very well. All 404 applications will proceed to Phase one."

He turned and started walking, or is that marching? He was walking (or marching) oddly like a puppet, she observed, "I neglected to introduce myself. I am Satotz, the Phase one examiner." He said, "Please follow me to the Phase two."

"Phase two? What about Phase one?" A man asked.

It has already… The girl partially answers for him in her mind.

"It has already commenced." Satotz declared.

"Follow him that's all?"

"Man, this is easy!" A few participators murmur behind her.

The girl was already right behind Satotz, pulling up her hood. If her instinct was right…there's more to this than simply following him.

Some kind of endurance test. She quickly realized. She pulled her hood down further, hiding her face. Not that anyone will notice her, but if they decide to look hard enough they will. Maybe.

The cerulean hair girl plugged in her earphones and continues to follow Satotz.

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It has been about an hour and fifty-six minutes has passed and a lot of participators had dropped out. She couldn't blame them. They did not have the stamina or the willpower to carry on. She scolds herself for pitying others. She needs to focus on herself. Master always said sometimes she was too kind for her own good. Hmm… she wonders if Master faring well without her there… Well she did prepare some food before she left...

She frowned in annoyance, He better not be reading those magazines! Or I swear, I'll-

"HEY! Wait up, brat! You should show the Hunter Exam some respect!" A voice shouted from far behind.

She turn her head slightly, Is he talking to me?

"What do you mean?" A younger voice calmly questioned the voice before.

"Why are you using a skateboard? That's cheating!" Voice one accused voice two.

Oh… It was someone else…She unturned her head and sighs for the umpteenth time, I wish I had a milkshake…

She turns up her music and hop over a man who had fallen over, resuming her place behind Satotz.

After a few more minutes she could see a faint light in front of her. She decided to slow down a bit conserving her energy. Her music at that time had stop, allowing her to hear snips of other's conversion.

"Gon, wanna race to see who finishes first?" Voice number two suggested to someone.

"Sure, the loser has to buy dinner!" Voice number 3 eagerly said.

"Alright, ready… Go!" Both voices said in unison. A few seconds after that, she had reached the top and was about to cross onto grass when the sound of running footsteps cause her to turn her head slightly in question.

"GOAL- UWA!" Then she was suddenly knocked over, her hand had lost her grip on her sword and two people had fallen on top of her. She mentally groaned. This where her gift becomes a curse…

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Gon rubbed his injured forehead and Killua rubbed his poor nose. Just for a split second, the duo had caught sight of a grey hooded figure before ramming into that said figure. Now that figure was nowhere in sight.

"Oww… What did we hit?" Gon asked while looking around.

Killua frowned, "I don't know… A person? An animal?" Whatever it was he didn't see it now.

"Ah!" Gon's sudden exclamation caused Killua to jump.

"Dude! And right next to my ears too…"

"Sorry…" Gon grinned sheepishly but then he suddenly pointed, "He's the one we bump into!" Killua followed his finger but didn't see a thing, he raise a brow.

"Wha- Uwa!" Killua flinched in surprise. In front of him was a hooded figure brushing himself off. The hooded figure seems to look around for something. I didn't even sense him!

"Um…excuse me." The raven tapped on the person's shoulder to get his attention. The person slightly flinched, "Ah, sorry!" The person slightly turns his head to the two and tilts his head in question. His face was hidden from sight, "Sorry we crashed into you."

The person shook his head and raise a hand to motion it was alright, hoping Gon would get the message. Gon beamed, "I'm Gon! And that's Killua!" Gon pointed at the said boy who recovered from his shock.

"Yo."

The person nodded and bends down to write in the ground. Gon and Killua curiously look over his shoulder, 'Phantom.' He wrote in Hunterian. He straightens up and point at the word then to himself.

"Phantom?" Gon tilts his head, "Your name is Phantom?" Phantom nodded. "Cool!" Gon grinned.

Putting his hands behind his head, Killua raise a brow, "You're mute?"

"Killua!"

"What? It was just a question." The boy said casually.

"But that's rude!" The other boy argued. Phantom walked away from the duo that's still bickering then suddenly changing the topic on who won the race, which made them bicker even more.

She looked around searching for her sword she dropped. It couldn't have gone far…

Then she saw it. In the hands of Jester-san. He was looking at it questionably. She sighed and walked over to the man and tugged on his shirt. Jester-san's eyes widen slightly and looking down at her. She looked up at him, her hood slightly dropping back.

Jester-san regains his posture and smile at her, "Hello little girl~."

She blinked and nodded her head. She points to her sword then to herself, hopefully getting the message through.

Thankfully he did, "Oh? Is this yours?" He handed to her and she nodded her thanks. He stared at her. She tilted her head in questioning, "Are you unable to speak~?"

Before she could give an answer a voice yelled, "Don't let them fool you!" Everyone turned to the voice. The voice belongs to a battered up man who dragged a creature with a face looking similar to Satotz. Almost. Well, at least he has a mouth… Was her thought.

"D-don't fall for it…" A blond man repeated, limping out from the shadow, "He's lying to you! He's an impostor! He isn't an examiner…" He pointed to himself, "I'm the real examiner!"

Participators around started to exclaim in surprise, "An impostor?!"

"We've been fooled!"

"How dare he…"

But she didn't bother questioning if Satotz was impostor on not. Although, all evidence points to the man as an impostor. How did he get capture so easily? How did he get lured away? Surely examiners were chosen because they were wise and strong. They wouldn't get lure away because of desire or direction; they had a duty and they mostly likely wouldn't get lost. But this didn't concern Phantom as much as her stomach.

She rummages around her bag till she found a small bag fill with butterscotch and vanilla taffy. Popping a taffy in her mouth Phantom hardly flinch as the cards flew past her head.

"I see, I see..." Jester-san shuffle cards back and forth between his hands, "That settles it, you're the real one." He said satisfied, the false Satotz monkey open his eyes and fled quickly as soon as he saw his companion had fallen, "Examiners are Hunters selected by the committee to perform this duty without pay," he said, eyes closed and posture relaxed. "Any Hunter bearing the title we seek would have been able to block that attack."

"I shall take that as a compliment," Satotz replied, dropping the cards. "However, should you attack me again, for any reason, I will report you for turning on an examiner and you will be immediately disqualified. Are we clear?"

"Yes, yes~." Jester-san answered, a smile played on his lips. She tug on his shirt again, he looked down at her, "Hmm~?" She held up the three cards she had retrieve from the corpse and handed them to him. He studied her but her emotionless, aquamarine eyes gave away nothing. He smiled, taking them from her hands, "Thank you, Dear." She grabbed his hand, slightly surprising him, not that she meant to. She placed a butterscotch in his hand before writing letters on his palm with her fingertip. He blinked, then crouch down to her height, letting an amused smile play on his lip, "I'm Hisoka, a pleasure to meet you, Phantom~."

She bowed and add another butterscotch to his hand and wave him goodbye before slipping through the running crowd; reclaiming her position behind Satotz.

Hisoka grinned and lick his lips, "Though, it's a bit unripe, it's delicious." He pop the butterscotch in his mouth, "Delicious indeed~"